• Take another sip for 1.18

    To use all features of the recently released PTV xServer 1.18 (BETA), there is some more information worth to know:

     

    • Plot an elevation profile along a calculated route. The PTV xRoute Server provides the height information for each segment. As the height data is at the moment not included in the map, we provide it separately at the customer area of the PTV Developer Zone (login is required) for the PTV Europe City Map Premium.

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  • Programming notes with current Java clients

    Dear developers,

    please take the following java programming notes into account (relevant for PTV xServer version 1.17 or higher):

    1. Extension of the class “com.ptvag.xserver.common.PlainPoint” (relevant for all PTV xServer): A third dimension (z-coordinate) is added with following characteristics: name = z; data type = java.lang.Double;

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  • Routing: Enter authorized passages with delivery vehicles

    Dear customers

    following technical note is relevant to enter authorized passages by using the “free for delivery” attribute.

    Description:

    A route-not-found exception might occur due to turns that are by mistake banned for delivery vehicles in our data.…

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  • Geocoding: 2-digit postal code search returns a non-empty result

    Dear customers

    following technical note is relevant to find a plausible result with a simple 2-digit postal code search.

    Description:

    Set the following address object exemplarily.

    <country=D>;<zip=28><city=Bremen>

    Output:

    • Empty string.

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  • PTV xServer integrated into a TMS

    AndSoft developed the first web-based transport management system (TMS) in 2000, and today it is the leading TMS in the cloud. Since the start of 2013, AndSoft has been using PTV xServers to add important logistical features.

    The company specialises in solutions for supply chain management.…

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  • Build Your Custom Styleable Map Markers

    The result is an object which can be dynamically scaled and colored.

    PTV xServer .NET comes with a bunch of predefined symbols which are styleable.

    Styleable means that you can set the color and size at runtime. This is very useful to create thematic maps.…

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